5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

PUNKY

PUNKY is accepted as a guess but is not on the solver's possible-answer list.

As an opener, it rules out about 83.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈpʌŋki//ˈpəŋ-/

Adjective

Of or pertaining to punk (touchwood); rotted or soft.

Adjective

Of or pertaining to the punk subculture.

“a punky hairstyle”

Noun

Alternative spelling of punkie (“small two-winged fly or midge; lantern similar to a jack-o'-lantern”).

Noun

Alternative spelling of punkie (“pumpkinseed fish”).

Source: Wiktionary contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0. Corrections.

Wordle status

A word can be a playable guess without being a possible answer.

Playable guess

Yes

Included in the Wordle guess list used by our tools.

Possible answer

No

The solver does not currently treat this as a possible answer.

Past Wordle answer

Not used yet

No past answer date found.

The possible-answer list is the solver's current list and may change when Wordle adds new answers.

How PUNKY performs as a guess

Wordle accepts PUNKY as a guess, but the solver does not list it as a possible answer.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 62.9% of games, misses completely in 37.1%, and leaves about 392 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #10,591 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.77 guesses in games solved within six turns.

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Tap the tiles to match your feedback, then see the ranked follow-up guesses.

All gray? Tap a tile to cycle gray → yellow → green.

Useful pattern pages

If you only know part of the word, start with one of these matching patterns.

P___Y P in the 1st position and Y in the 5th position P__K_ P in the 1st position and K in the 4th position _U__Y U in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

ROATE ARIEL TALER STORE STARE STIRE
Words starting with P Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

3.81 Entropy (bits)
392 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
83.4% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How PUNKY performed in the previous complete opener benchmark, against its captured answer snapshot. These research figures are separate from today's solver recommendations. See the data page for the method.

3.77 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#10,591 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, PUNKY ranks #10,591 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
46
3 guesses
747
4 guesses
1,273
5 guesses
264
6 guesses
22

Composition

5/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
NU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
63%
Green tile
30%
All gray
37%

Feedback distribution

76 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

876
226
188
147
119
90
78
77
61
55
36
34
28
26
23
22
20
17
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12
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8
8
8

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing PUNKY:

37% chance
Suggested:
ROATE
10% chance
Suggested:
ARIEL
8% chance
Suggested:
TALER

Follow-ups for common patterns

Ranked follow-up guesses for the 10 most common feedback patterns.

37.1% →
ROATE 6.18 bits
9.6% →
ARIEL 5.62 bits
8.0% →
TALER 4.95 bits
6.2% →
STORE 5.38 bits
5.0% →
STARE 5.60 bits
3.8% →
STIRE 4.77 bits
3.3% →
CARSE 4.92 bits
3.3% →
CADIE 4.82 bits
2.6% →
RAILE 4.99 bits
2.3% →
STONE 4.03 bits

Letter-value totals

Base letter-value totals for PUNKY; these do not show whether either game accepts the word.

Scrabble

P3U1N1K5Y4
Total: 14 points

Words With Friends

Total: 16 points

Scores shown are base values without double/triple letter or word bonuses.